"Mhmm...we can do that," she said concerning the deer, though there was hesitation in her. She paused as if she was going to say something important, spurred on by his invitation.

"I have been repeating in my mind over and over what happened that day you got hurt. I'm trying to be tough, but the thought of hunting again is really scaring me."

She wanted to be honest with him and didn't even really notice him flip over the card at first.

"I know you didn't see it, but Noah, I came around the corner face to face with a bear. It tried to kill me, and if it wasn't for Yahal's guidance, I would be dead. Then some lady appeared out of nowhere and..." Terror filled her bond then as she recalled her roar. "She wanted to kill me...I could see it in her eyes. I think she was a Goddess...a goddess of bears...and she sent this bear after me...as big as a house, but I think Yahal scared her away. I just keep thinking about it, and then how I couldn't help you without shooting you...I don't know if I can handle hunting right now...I'm really afraid."

She bit her lip nervously as she thought on such things and was definitely in need of comfort. She was on the verge of tears from the memory and how it all affected her. She wanted to be brave, wanted to see the world as he saw it, but it was hard. The bear goddess had such a malice in her eyes that Elann wondered if she would seek vengeance some day. Nothing Elann did was intentional however, so she hoped that her feeling sorry was noticed by the goddess.

"No! You didn't look crazy at all. You were very handsome. Don't you remember how I felt then? I was very attracted to you in those clothes." She played with the card, almost turning it over, but asking instead, "You really thought I looked pretty?" 

Her other hand was playing over the mangalasutra that still hung out of her dress in a thoughtful way, a way that showed the connection between him and the gift. She caressed it as if it were him with her thumb. She knew aspects of her were beautiful in his eyes as he had said so, but she had not felt an attraction toward them, more often being mistaken for an attraction to her other qualities.

He called the card and she flipped over a three, and making a scowl face, she showed that she wished he had guessed right instead of celebrating her win and rubbing it in his face.

"Aimee was saying I should take some classes. I've never been in a classroom except at the orphanage. I wonder what it would be like?"